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Mtn Stick

Shotgun·Trey Y-Flex Str·11

Stick Stick Concept Motion Pass Play

Play diagram for Mtn Stick from Shotgun Trey Y-Flex Str in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetTrey Y-Flex Str

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

Mtn Stick lines up out of Shotgun Trey Y-Flex Str with a pre-snap motion man crossing the formation before the snap. Off the snap, the outside receiver to the trips side runs a vertical clear-out while the slot man works a corner route up the boundary, and the flexed TE settles into a stick route at the sticks with the backside receiver running a deep vertical to hold the single high safety. The HB releases on a shallow flat route out of the backfield, giving the quarterback a classic stick concept read of flat to stick to corner against zone, and this is primarily a zone beater built around the stick triangle with the verticals stretching the defense vertically.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, check safety depth and alignment over the trips side, a single high safety shading toward the twins side signals Cover 3 or Cover 1 and opens up the corner route behind it Watch the slot defender and linebacker reaction to the pre-snap motion, if they widen out to match the motion man it usually indicates man coverage responsibilities across the formation Post-snap, user the underneath linebacker or nickel defender to jump the TE stick route since it is the primary short zone beater and quarterbacks will lean on it against soft zone drops Cover 2 shells with two deep safeties can squeeze the corner route and vertical, forcing the quarterback back down to the stick and flat combo, so sit a user defender in that stick window Blitz-heavy fronts with man coverage behind them are the toughest matchup here since the flat route and stick can get picked off by disciplined underneath defenders, watch for a nano blitz look pre-snap and get the ball out on time to the HB flat

Usage Tips

Use the pre-snap motion to identify man versus zone before the ball is snapped, if the defender follows across the formation you are looking at man coverage and can attack with the corner route

Against zone coverage read the stick concept low to high, start with the HB flat route, work to the TE stick sitting underneath linebackers, then progress to the corner route if a safety rotates late

Motion man crossing the field can also expose a blitz if a linebacker or slot defender bails out of the box, giving you a free access throw underneath before the pressure arrives

Best called on second and medium to third and short situations where the stick concept naturally fits the sticks and the flat route gives a quick checkdown against a hard blitz

Pair this play with Mtn Verticals or PA Verts in the same set to keep defenses honest on the double vertical shell, then come back to Mtn Stick once the safety starts cheating up to take away the shallow flat